Design Brief: (Day 2) Requirements: Your bridge should cross over an index card. Your bridge should be 5 - 6 inches high. Your bridge should 4 - 5 inches wide. Your bridge should hold at least 100 pounds. You get one handful of popsicle sticks. Questions: 1. What is the strongest type of bridge?can't find it. 2. What bridge would work best for me?a rectangle with support at the bottom of the the bridge. 3. What geometric shape is the strongest structure?triangle 4. Other questions and answers you may have:theres all kind of different kind bridge designs. Research Sites to Help You Answer the Questions Above: How Stuff Works: Instructables: Student Ideas: Truss Bridge: Building a Bridge: eHow:
PLAN: (1/2 Day) 5. Use a blank piece of paper to draw a rough draft of your bridge. 6. On your paper include why you think this bridge will hold the most weight.
CREATE: (4 DAYS) 7. Did you use all of the glue, popsicle sticks and other materials appropriately? yes 8. Did you work with your group members appropriately? yes
EVALUATION: 9. Did you research bridge types? yes 10. Did your bridge hold 100 pounds? yes 11. How much weight did your bridge hold? 195 12. What would you do differently next time?mor support on bottom n side. 13. Reflect on all the steps of the Design Cycle. What did you do well? What do you need to improve? (Notice that there are two questions, answer both of them!) Investigate: 1. 2. Plan: 1. 2. Create: 1. 2. Evaluate: 1. 2. 14. Were you responsible and safe with all your materials? kinda ,we burned ourselves a few times. 15. Did you follow all my rules in the classroom? yes 16. Did you meet all the requirements for this assignment? um dont remember i think we did. 17. How is the Design Cycle important to the successful outcome of a project? wat kind of problem we had to solve and and to solve that problem.
18. What grade do you deserve on this unit? (1 - 6) 6
How you will be Graded: Investigate = 10 points Plan = 10 points Create = 20 points Evaluate = 15 points Completing all of the requirements = 40 points 5 points for being nice
Area of Interaction: Human Ingenuity
Significant Concepts: Basic design concepts.
Unit Question: How is the Design Cycle important to the successful outcome of a project?
INVESTIGATE: (Day 1)Spend one day playing the following games:
Game 1:
Click "Level 1" to begin
Game 2:
Click "Start" to begin
Design Brief: (Day 2)
Requirements:
Your bridge should cross over an index card.
Your bridge should be 5 - 6 inches high.
Your bridge should 4 - 5 inches wide.
Your bridge should hold at least 100 pounds.
You get one handful of popsicle sticks.
Questions:
1. What is the strongest type of bridge?can't find it.
2. What bridge would work best for me?a rectangle with support at the bottom of the the bridge.
3. What geometric shape is the strongest structure?triangle
4. Other questions and answers you may have:theres all kind of different kind bridge designs.
Research Sites to Help You Answer the Questions Above:
How Stuff Works:
Instructables:
Student Ideas:
Truss Bridge:
Building a Bridge:
eHow:
PLAN: (1/2 Day)
5. Use a blank piece of paper to draw a rough draft of your bridge.
6. On your paper include why you think this bridge will hold the most weight.
CREATE: (4 DAYS)
7. Did you use all of the glue, popsicle sticks and other materials appropriately? yes
8. Did you work with your group members appropriately? yes
EVALUATION:
9. Did you research bridge types? yes
10. Did your bridge hold 100 pounds? yes
11. How much weight did your bridge hold? 195
12. What would you do differently next time?mor support on bottom n side.
13. Reflect on all the steps of the Design Cycle. What did you do well? What do you need to improve? (Notice that there are two questions, answer both of them!)
Investigate:
1.
2.
Plan:
1.
2.
Create:
1.
2.
Evaluate:
1.
2.
14. Were you responsible and safe with all your materials? kinda ,we burned ourselves a few times.
15. Did you follow all my rules in the classroom? yes
16. Did you meet all the requirements for this assignment? um dont remember i think we did.
17. How is the Design Cycle important to the successful outcome of a project? wat kind of problem we had to solve and and to solve that problem.
18. What grade do you deserve on this unit? (1 - 6) 6How you will be Graded:
Investigate = 10 points
Plan = 10 points
Create = 20 points
Evaluate = 15 points
Completing all of the requirements = 40 points
5 points for being nice
Total = 100 points